A recall of tens of thousands of pounds of butter initiated by a Costco brand was upgraded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an enforcement notice posted late last week.
In early October, the FDA confirmed two recalls of 79,200 pounds of Costco’s Kirkland Signature butter over a label issue. But on Nov. 7, the agency classified the recalls as Class II, meaning that the recalled product “may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
The reason for the recall is that the butter “lists cream, but may be missing the Contains Milk statement,” according to the FDA. Butter is made from cream and milk….